~ + Welcome to all who have cast their eyes accrossed this seemingly innocent story of mine! For those who have seen this before, be aware that changes have been made to this story! I re-read/looked over/ re-wrote parts of this, added chapters 1 & 2 together, BUT ANYWAY I hope you enjoy it! XD + ~

Random School Story

It was any other day for 15-year-old freshman Luffy. It was just a regular school day, nothing exciting... nothing exciting.

As the weapon against dreams rang out noisily, the young freshman sleepily slapped his alarm clock out of its crazed blaring and proceeded to go about his daily morning routine in a slight hurry. That was: a simple breakfast, shower, brush teeth, then put on clothes. After doing this, he quickly grabbed his backpack and ran out the door, late as usual. It was also a usual late-fall day; chilly, and somewhat windy. The brown, red, and orange leaves blew about Luffy's feet as he quickly ran into the schoolyard.

It was dead silent, not a soul around outside except for an unfamiliar man -no, a teen- walking around the school with a puzzled look on his face, his dark eyes focusing on the school, then a paper in his hand, then the school again.

As Luffy ran by him, he nearly pummeled the poor dark-haired boy out at full speed. The weird guy was in his way to begin with, right, so possibly-running him over was no big deal compared to being late for the 3rd time that week.

The boy/man/teen/person sent Luffy an odd glare as he righted his balance, watching the other bolt through the front doors of the school.

Luffy rushed to the front office to get his tardy pass, got scolded, and then slumped along slowly to his locker obviously not wanting to be there, and then strolled to first period. He stood in front of the classroom door for a moment, and then hesitantly knocked with a sigh, awaiting his doom. The teacher's high-heels clicked for a few short seconds and then the doorknob twisted, revealing the tall female teacher.

"Luffy, you're late. Any good reason this time?" She asked, crossing her arms and staring down at the boy.

Luffy stayed quiet (wanting to counter her with a "Oh, I had no clue I was late!.."), inspecting the floor like it was his job. His teacher sighed, took the tardy pass, and ushered Luffy quickly into the classroom, where all his classmates stared at him. They weren't annoyed expressions, just more like condescending smirks.

And so,with a sigh, Luffy quickly took his seat, set down his books, and copied the notes on the blackboard into that class's notebook. It was the beginning of a very interesting experience; he just didn't know it quite yet.

The bell rang out through the entire school property, and students soon flooded the once empty hallways of the highschool. As always, this created the usual struggle towards classrooms and lockers. Luffy was amongst this human-sea, pushing his way to his locker, or in other words, the prison for school supplies.

He quickly shuffled the last period's textbook and such into his locker, than retrieved the next few class' neccesities. With a slam he shut the locker door, and ran to his next class, not minding the several people that he may or may not have trampled along the way, including the same young man/teen/person from earlier that morning.

Luffy noticed this, but didn't stop to say anything than a quick 'Sorry!' over his shoulder before hurriedly continuing onward. The next class, world history, was not one of Luffy's favorite classes. In his words, 'It's all about stuff that nobody cares about anymore and happened tons of years ago. Blah blah blah.'

*RING~*

The same went for algebra in Luffy's mind. Boringgggg, and talk about confusing..

'Hey.. there's that random guy I bumped into just a second ago. Aaaand this morning... He's in this class with me?'

Luffy stared at the 'guy', who happened to sit in the desk directly in front of him. The only reason that Luffy could tell it was that 'guy' was because of the two golden earrings on each ear. Luffy absent mindedly bit on the end of his pen, staring at the dark, spiky hair on the back of mystery-teen's head; he obviously wasn't paying attention to anything going on around him.

"Luffy?"

Said male nearly jumped out of his pants at being summoned back from daydreaming to the real world, where his teacher stood, arms crossed, frowning at him with his eyebrow raised questioningly.

"Y-Yeah?"

"Would you mind taking your eyes off of Law and put them back onto the blackboard?"

A few snickers and giggles were heard from other students around the classroom, making Luffy a bit embarrassed. So he shook his head slowly, blushing with a slight pout starting to form on his face.

'So that's what his name is..' Luffy and Law both thought to themselves, 'Finally I know.'

After this thought, Law glanced back at Luffy for a quick second, but then sheepishly looked away when their eyes met. The teacher rolled his eyes with a sigh and turned to the blackboard once more, writing out complicated equations with the usual white chunk of chalk.

Zoro glanced over from his seat, where he was threatening to fall backwards out of it, at a blushing Luffy and grinned. Not many things made Luffy blush, so when the boy did blush, it meant something was going on, and it was a special treat for the green-haired teen to see his crush blush so cutely.

Later on that day, the final school bell rung and all the students sighed with relief that the end of the school week was only a single day in the future. Teachers stopped what they were saying and dismissed the teens to go to their lockers, causing the usual noisy ruckus as everyone pushed to their lockers and chatted as they shoved the needed homework items into their book bags.

They then all flocked out into the schoolyard, and Luffy exited amongst them, shoving his hands into his pockets as he sauntered slowly towards the main gate. He then turned around and leaned his back against the cold metal bars watching the golden leaves blow past his him while waiting for 'him'.

'He must be around here somewhere.. right?' Luffy thought as he glanced around at all the students, both friends and strangers. When his black eyes caught sight of the short, spiky dark hair and gold earrings, Luffy nearly heard his heart burst.

So Luffy decided to slowly sneak up behind Law, hiding behind the people who still remained in the schoolyard, along with a few trees. Law finished up his conversation with a new classmate and scratched the back of his head as he turned around to walk home only to find that 'he' was just about to tackle him. Law involuntarily gasped and put his arms out to catch the boy, only knocking them both backwards. Luffy's cheeks turned red as his small body made contact with Law's chest and sort of let a high-pitch squeal escape his mouth. Meanwhile, Law closed his eyes tightly and pretty much silently fell over, unconsciously putting a hand on his attacker's back. And so, the ground jumped up to meet Law's back, and Luffy's weight crashed into his thin chest, knocking the absolute wind out of him. The shorter boy opened his eyes, stared at 'him', then quickly scrambled off the unmoving student.

"A-Are you okay?!" Luffy screeched, kneeling beside Law, who wore a slightly pained expression. But Law then opened his own eyes and gave Luffy an odd glare before sitting up and rubbing his probably bruised chest.

"I'm fine, but.. why were you..?" Law began awkwardly, looking away from the other student at a now very amusing patch of grass next to him. It took all of Luffy's will not to yelp at the question, not wanting to be found out, and so he desperately shoved out his hand at Law, who looked down at it in confusion.

"Ahahaha, umm, I'm Luffy! Nice to meet you! And uhh, sorry.." Luffy stated with hesitance, suddenly realizing that Law already knew his name. Law then looked up at the boy with a slightly surprised expression, taking the smaller hand into his own and slowly shook it.

"As you already know, I'm Trafalgar Law. Uh.. I'm new here," Law stated while repositioning himself. Luffy grinned at his new friend, but his expression changed dramatically when Law didn't let his hand go. The tanner one then stood up and pulled Luffy up also by his hand, and then finally let go. Luffy blushed almost automatically and voiced his thanks in the form of a nearly inaudible mutter. The two stood awkwardly then, shuffling their feet and exchanging glances.

"Umm.. if you ever feel.. like you need help around here, umm.." Luffy tried to break the silence with one of those cliché 'welcome, new-kid' lines, and was interrupted by a smile and pat on the shoulder from Trafalgar.

"Thanks.. Luffy."

Said boy grinned awkwardly and slowly started scooting backwards away from Law.

"Uh-huh! Umm.. I gotta go! Can't keep my brother waiting, you know? Ahaha see you tomorrow, Law!" Luffy yelled as he turned and ran out of the schoolyard to where his older brother Ace's car sat, almost impatiently grumbling.

Law stood there with his hand raised, about to wave, but Luffy was already getting into what he assumed was his brother's car. He then sighed and rubbed the back of his head as he slowly began his lonely walk home.

'He's one interesting kid.. hmm.' Law thought to himself as he walked just past the main gates, turning to face the mid-afternoon sun that made his body seem irresistably beautiful, his dark hair reflecting the light and his tan skin glowed.

If only he could see what the young freshman saw when he looked at his new classmate, then maybe he would fall in love with himself, too. Maybe.

~ + Yes, I may or may not have changed the whole look and set-up of this seemingly 'forgotten' story. But never fear, for I will try my best to spread my time evenly amongst my incomplete stories. :D + ~